Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Zimbabwe yet again failed to stich sizeable partnerships and the same issue continues to hurt them repeatedly. They were found wanting against Afghanistan's consistently high-quality spin and lacked the skillset to stay at the crease for extended periods. The start from the bowling spearheads Azmatullah Omarzai and Fareed Ahmad was spot on as they made the new ball talk and beat the outside edge on numerous occasions. It was another incredible bowling effort and Ghazanfar was the star of show; he kept hunting for wickets and exerted relentless pressure from his end. Afghanistan have made life easier for their batters by restricting the hosts to a meager 129--a target that should be a walk in the park unless they implode and do something way out of the ordinary. Join us in about 30 minutes as Rashad will be ready to bring you all the action

30.1
W
Fareed Ahmad to Ngarava, OUT, Over the wicket, hammered in and veering in from outside off, nicks it through to the keeper and forgot about appealing. Belated appeal and the umpire then raise the finger in agreement. Short of a length, slight deviation on fourth stump nagging line and he pokes at it tentatively and the innings comes to an end after bit of a resistance from Williams who remained the top-scorer with 60

R Ngarava c †Ikram Alikhil b Fareed Ahmad 10 (34m 16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 62.50

END OF OVER:
30 | 1 Run | ZIM: 127/9 | RR: 4.23

  • Trevor Gwandu1 (7b)
  • Richard Ngarava10 (15b)
  • Rashid Khan8-0-38-3
  • Bilal Sami3-0-25-0
29.6
0
Rashid Khan to Gwandu, no run, On the pads, skidding on and helped along its way to fine leg
29.5
0
Rashid Khan to Gwandu, no run, Somehow negotiates it and sees it rise above his stumps, saved by a whisker
29.4
0
Rashid Khan to Gwandu, no run, Claiming a caught behind, putting umpire under pressure, he shakes his head, was a legbreak, quicker one, turned away sharply and went past the outside edge
29.3
1
Rashid Khan to Ngarava, 1 run, Tossed up fuller on middle, pushed to long-on for a run
29.2
0
Rashid Khan to Ngarava, no run, Goes back and punches the back of length delivery on off to cover
29.1
0
Rashid Khan to Ngarava, no run, Over the wicket, shorter legbreak turning in from outside off, patted back to Rashid, calmly done

END OF OVER:
29 | 7 Runs | ZIM: 126/9 | RR: 4.34

  • Richard Ngarava9 (12b)
  • Trevor Gwandu1 (4b)
  • Bilal Sami3-0-25-0
  • Rashid Khan7-0-37-3
28.6
1
Bilal Sami to Ngarava, 1 run, Banged in short on middle and leg, swivels to pull looking a bit ungainly
28.5
4
Bilal Sami to Ngarava, FOUR, Over the wicket, short and gets it to rise outside off, he gets on top of it and swats it away up and over cover for a four, cleared the infield, waited a touch and made sure he lifted it well. Muscular shot
28.4
1
Bilal Sami to Gwandu, 1 run, Over the wicket, overpitched on middle and leg, flicked away to square leg off his toes

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st84Abdul Malik (1)Sediqullah Atal
2nd12Rahmat ShahSediqullah Atal
3rd35Hashmatullah ShahidiRahmat Shah